Tough Love Quotes

• The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Love You, Unconditional Love

  65 Copy quote

• When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love.

  Thom Filicia

  House, Firsts, Break

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  18 Copy quote

  Show source

• What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

  Ricki Lake

  Differences, Acting, Jerk

  17 Copy quote

• If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.

  C. S. Lewis

  Love, Broken Heart, Hurt

  102 Copy quote

• It's good to learn early that every show is a family - -complete with dysfunctional relationships, tough love, and plenty of occasion for forgiveness.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Dysfunctional Relationship, Shows, Occasions

  Kristin Chenoweth (2009). “A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.

  Bikram Choudhury

  Sometimes, Wonder, Bikram

  7 Copy quote

• Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this music to be soulful, whether you're giving sweet talk or tough love.

  Judith Orloff

  Sweet, Thinking, Giving

  Judith Orloff (2009). “Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life”, p.50, Harmony

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• Over the years I've grown more comfortable with making people uncomfortable because that is when growth can happen. You need a little conflict. You need a little tension. And that is part of my calling. A little tough love goes a long way!

  Mark Batterson

  Years, Long, People

  9 Copy quote

• If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.

  Tom Petty

  Love, Long, Skins

  Song: Rhino Skin

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• My co-founder and great friend Glynnis MacNicol is only a chat box away and gives me the support (and tough love!) needed to remember who I am and what I'm worth. You can't be your own cheerleader all of the time. Be there to support your friends and let them support you.

  Rachel Sklar

  Powerful, Support You, Who I Am

  5 Copy quote

• Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

  Christie Brinkley

  Jobs, Parent, Much Love

  "Christie Brinkley Had Tough Love for Alexa Ray Joel After Overdose" by Tim Nudd, people.com. June 5, 2010.

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't.

  James Cook

  Government, Charity, Tough

  4 Copy quote

• There aren't really many compliments flying around with me and my friends. It's a lot of tough love. But you know, that love is there and if you need to have a serious conversation you just gotta wait for the right time to do it.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Love Is, Waiting, Flying

  "A Candid Chat With Mark Wahlberg". ABC News Interview, abcnews.go.com. September 29, 2006.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The death of American liberalism as a significant moral force can be traced to the point in when President Bill Clinton signed legislation that effectively ended the main federal anti-poverty program and turned the fate of welfare recipients, 70 percent of whom were children, over to the tender mercies of the states. With a stroke of the pen, Clinton eliminated what remained of New Deal-era compassion for the poor and codified into law the "tough love" callousness that his Republican allies in the Congress, led by Newt Gingrich, had long embraced.

  Robert Scheer

  Children, Fate, Compassion

  6 Copy quote

• Tough love is just the right phrase: love for the rich and privileged, tough for everyone else.

  Noam Chomsky

  Love Is, Phrases, Rich

  Noam Chomsky (1996). “Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.92, South End Press

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event.

  Regina Brett

  Kids, Iphone, Order

  7 Copy quote

• I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Believe, Animal, Pet

  "Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Beverly Hills Chihuahua". Interview with Brian Gallagher, www.movieweb.com. February 27, 2009.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• I had just finished a run of shows in the States and went to NY to work with BenZel for a couple weeks, mainly as a different focus to touring. I didn't have any expectations or pressures with what would come out of those two weeks, and think 'Tough Love' sums this up. It was me experimenting with my voice and having fun with it. It just felt right and kind of dictated the route of the next album, much like 'Devotion' did on my first album

  Jessie Ware

  Running, Couple, Fun

  4 Copy quote

• Maybe everyone else thinks your aversion to food is cute- but not me. I've watched you watch Jill. Here's some tough love: you will never, ever have her body. Ever. It's impossible. She's Moroi. You're human. That's biology. You have a great one, one that most humans would kill for- and you'd look even better if you put on a little weight. Five pounds would be a good start. Hide the ribs. Get a bigger bra size

  Richelle Mead

  Cute, Love You, Thinking

  4 Copy quote

• This tough-love, winner-take-all narrative dominating policymaking is far too limited a way to think about how a complex, modern, diverse economy like ours expands and thrives. The strongest periods of economic growth in the 20th century were also times when incomes rose across the board.

  John Podesta

  Thinking, Rose, Political

  "Income Inequality’s Ripple Effect". www.politico.com. December 09, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source